Undergarment.



PATENTED .TUNE 30, 1908.

G H LITTLE UNDBRGRMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 12. 1907.

K Snowdon man Murnau. luc .man wnmom n c CHARLES H. LITTLE, OF PIQUA,OHIO.

UN DERGARMENT. y

Specification of Letters Patent.

:Patented June so, ieee.

Application filed .Tune 12, 1907. Serial No. 378,648.

To all whom it may conce-rn.'

Be 1t known that I, CHARLES H.- LiTTLE,.a

citizen vof the United States,'resi`ding at Piqua, in the. county ofMiami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovement-s in Undergarments, of which the following is aspecification.

vThis invention relates to nether garments of theconibination typegenerally designated asl` union suits, in which the waist and legportions are formed in one piece.

The purpose of the invention is to combine with the garment a seatsection or reinforcement which will obviate rolling or wrinkling of theseat portion of the garment when the wearer is either standing orsitting and which will avoid necessity for adjustment of the seatportion of the garment when sitting,

stooping, squatting or assuming an upright position or changing from onepose to -another so as to secure ease and comfort and obviate binding;to prevent strain upon the buttock or inside of the leg and therebyavoid friction, galling and other objectionable features resulting fromrubbing, chafing l or centralizing of the strain upon a particular pointor line.

For a full description of the inventlon and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the. means foreffecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accom anying' drawings.

W'hi e the invention may be adapted to different forms and `conditionsby changes in the structure and minor details without departing from thespirit or essential features thereof, still the preferred embodiment is,shown in the accompanying drawings, in 4o which:

Figure 1 is a rear view of a combination nether garment embodying theinvention. Fig. 2 is a front view thereof. Fig. 3 1s a view of the innerside of the rear portion ofing extending a short distance in the rear toadmit of spreading of the legs and buttocks. lhe edge ortions borderingupon the opening are at apted to overlap a short distance and to besecured b suitable fastening means. The garment 1s most generally knitso as to conform to the ii ure and avoid fullness and the formation owelts.

The present invention relates to a seat section or reinforcement l whichis of the form substantially as shown in Fig. 3, being contracted at itsup er end and widened and bifuroated at its ower end to conformapproximately to the seat of the garment to which it is attached,preferably upon the inner side. The seat section is formed preferably ofgoods similar to that entering into the formation of the garment and bybeing placed upon the inner side of the seat portion of the garment andbein stitched thereto at its upper and lower en( s, not only preu ventsspreading of the garment at the waist but insures comfort and ease tothe wearer and prevents the edge portion of the garment from passingbetween the limbs, rolling so as to form welts, or binding upon thebuttocks or rubbing and chang when changing from one position toanother, at the saine time not interfering with the natural functions inevaouating the bowels or micturition. The bifurcated portions of theseat section or reinforcement-extend a short distance along the upperportions of the leg sections and are stitched thereto at their loweredges as indicated by the lines of stitching 4--5 and 6 7. The upper endof the seat section is stitched to the waist ortion of the garment alongthe line 2-3. he edge portions from 2 to 4 and 3 to 7 are loose and theinner edge portions from 5 to S and S to 6 are free. The general outlineof the seat section and the manner of attaching the same to the nethergarment are essential in order to attain the advantages of the inventionin securing ease and comfort to the wearer and to prevent annoyance andgalling which commonly result from union nethci garments as generallyconstructed.

Having thus described thc invention, what is claimed as ncw is:

l. An under garment comprising leg portions and having an opening in thefront cxtended around the crotch and upward 1n the rear to near thewaist line, the parts bordering upon the o )ching heilig overlapped, aseat section app icd to the inner side .of the seat portion of thegarment and having its rounded edge portions of the bifurcationsstitched to the eg portions of the garment,

i the inner edge portions of the bifurcations being loose and the upperouter converged tions of the bifurcations stltchedy to the leg edgeportions likewise being loose.

2. A eornbination'under garment having an o ening extended from the neckdown- War in the front, thence around thecroteh and upward in the rearto within e short dis-v o tance of the waist, the-portions borderingupon the opening beino overlapped, -and a seat section haring the iormsubstantially as:4

shown'itted to the inner Side of the seat prortion of .the garment andhaving its upper portion vvcontracted and its lower portion' widened andbifurcated, the outer ed es of thebifurcations being rounded and t enceu Wardly converged and the inner edge portions of the bifurcations beingstraight, said seat section being stitched `at its upper edgetransversely tothe Waist portion of the garlent and having the outerrounded edge porportions of the saidga-rment.

In testimony whereof I affix rny signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

e j CHARLES H. LITTLE.' litnesses;` l 'l Y CLB, JAMIsoN,

'ROSE TALBOT.

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